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Secret’s Out! Hilary Swank on Her Intense ‘Yellowjackets’ Role and the ‘Pure Delight’ of That Bite Scene With Melanie Lynskey


Hilary Swank opens up about her "Yellowjackets" role and that pivotal bite scene with Melanie Lynskey.

During Friday’s episode, Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) arrives at the Virginia home of Hannah (Ashley Sutton)’s adult daughter, whom she thinks has been stalking and harassing her, and is the person behind the incriminating tape. to find out that Melissa (Swank) is not only alive — she had faked her death years before — but is married to Hannah’s daughter, who has no idea who she really is. “I love the idea of all the psychology behind what makes someone tick who’s been through such trauma,” Swank tells Variety of her reaction to the showrunners’ initial pitch for adult Melissa, which was brought to her about two weeks before filming began.

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